What Is Frederick Douglass's Determination

In the Narrative of Fredrick Douglas, An American Slave, Written by Himself published in 1845. Which was published by the American anti-slavery society. One characteristic that really stuck out in my opinion is his determination. I say this one because there is so many moments in his narrative where he has to be determined against all odds. As the narrative, Douglass presents himself as a judicious figure and someone who never gives up on what they want, Which is why this characteristic stuck out the most in his narrative. There is several examples of just how much determination he had throughout his life. He shows a form of determination when his owners’ wife Mrs. Auld begins to show him the alphabet and a few small words. Once Mr. Auld
Most would think Fredrick wouldn’t even try to escape at the risk of such a brutal punishment, let alone risking death. As we all know he did, this shows his true determination for freedom but not only freedom but the right to finally say no one owns him. He was willing to risk his life just to have the taste of being able to say I am a free man. He made his way north to Maryland to stay with his fiancée, who was a free black woman. When he makes it he is so surprised that he can actually walk down the road without being called a name or somebody throwing an object at him. He found a group of abolitionist and with this finding it opened him up to a whole new type a
He had people saying he should just stop trying, but he never would. There was a point in time where he went to England to escape everything, he made some great allies in England. While in England his previous owner tried to take him back but his friends in England did not allow this. They paid his old owner three times what Fredrick was worth, giving him his true freedom. Fredrick made his way back to America and started a paper called “the north star. “ He thought everything was going to go well but it didn’t, he hardly had the funds to pay to keep the paper going. With the help of a friend, he kept his paper going and spread his word. Fredrick got to marry Ana and live his life as a free man like he had always wished for and also was helping shape a